LUIS M. CARRION

Houston, Texas *****

832-***-**** ad1vtv@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT – REMOTE OPPORTUNITIES

Highly motivated Accountant – Manager offering over 15 years overseeing full-cycle accounting, financial reporting, training, and best practices for companies. Present financial data to senior leaders for critical decision-making. Manage financial reporting, general ledger, invoicing, accounts payable/receivable, and reconciliations following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Ensure accurate and timely preparation of financial statements, reports, and budgets. Monitor financial performance, identify improvement areas, and implement effective strategies to optimize accounting operations. Manage and mentor a team of accounting professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Management - Full Cycle Accounting - Allocations - Accruals - Variances - GAAP - General Ledger - Financial Analysis - Budgeting - P&L - Consolidations - KPIs - Training Problem solver - Financial Reporting - Forecasting - Strategic Planning - Due Diligence - Financial Statements - Process Improvements - Ad Hoc Analysis - Reconciliation - Troubleshooting - Research - Outsourcing - Assets Liabilities - Capital Projects - Audits - Trend Analysis - Liabilities - Data Management - Cost Accounting - Quantitative Skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SOUTHERN CORE SUPPLY INC., Houston, TX 02/02/2012-9/2023

Accounting Manager

Manage the accounting and business office operations, including supervising a team of 4 employees.

Oversee Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable adjustments for receivables, invoices, reports, and purchase orders in the Scrap Dragon program. Monitor and ensure cash operations, and maintenance are accurately processed daily.

Prepare payroll reports, and process insurance for employee child support (50 employees). Enroll employees in health insurance and health saving account by HSA bank. Process the enrollment and the amount of contribution withheld per paid period. Create reports of monthly contribution withholding by HSA Bank.

Report to the government agencies of new employees and complete the I-9 form for status verification through Homeland Agency. Review the W-4 form for accuracy. Resolve issues with computers and work with external IT personnel to resolve computer problems.

Complete new credits application for creditors and provide the information requested for credit approval.

Create Excel worksheets for inventories, accounts receivable, production report, and buyer commission report.

Accomplishments:

Established accounting procedures are streamlining operations, tracking receivables, and creating a productive accounting team which resulted in increased revenue growth for the company.

Developed financial reporting for Management Team to make financial and strategic decisions.

Created and implemented policies for purchasing supplies and verified all data and products were received.

CARDTRONICS, Houston, TX 09/06/2011-11/18/2011

Contract Review

Managed and analyzed contracts for the company, including surcharge terms vs. terms in the system. Verified accuracy and changes suggested in the amount and updated systems. Verified legal documents related to changes in contracts term were uploaded into their system.

Wrote notes in a prepared worksheet in Excel with the result of each term found related to each contract.

Reviewed contracts from a new company acquired by Cardtronics with the purpose of separating corporations and sole proprietorship contracts. Uploaded contracts to doclink and indexed by terminal Identification.

Accomplishments:

Played a key role in analyzing contracts to protect company interest and cost controls.

FUGRO MCCLELLAND MARINE GEOSCIENCES INC. 12/28/2010-05/27/2011

Accountant

Collected, maintained, and administered customer contracts. Prepared invoices in Excel, word, or Vision Software for Billing purposes and completed invoice review and approval process. Coordinated invoices using Vision Software, reviewed Accounts Receivable aging, and processed transactions in the financial system, including intercompany invoices, cash receipts, and cash payments. Performed bank and G/L Accounts reconciliations.

Managed monthly work with borrowing and pricing change reports.

Accomplishments:

Conducted monthly reviews, processed intercompany upload reports, and created a journal entry for the currency exchange difference. Created job numbers and entered revenue amount and budget provided by the project managers information and Contracts. Closed completed jobs and reviewed revenue, billing, collection, and WIP.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BRADMARK TECHNOLOGIES INC., Houston, TX 11/2008-07/2010

Senior Staff Accountant

Updated currency exchanges daily in reflection software. Printed customer invoices, reports, and invoices.

Recorded customer payments in reflection and softmax. Responsible for managing payables, invoices, and Sales associated expenses, processed checks, invoices, and expenses. Created new vendor accounts and the W9 form.

Purchased supplies, handled inter intercompany JE, and processed wire transfers.

Uploaded invoices to customers’ websites, reconciled accounts, and researched entries and vouchers to correct duplicate and wrong entries.

Coordinated month-end A/P entries and end closing. Filed and paid the sales tax return for Texas and Washington.

Processed Harris County properties rendition form. Prepared monthly royalties reports and bank reconciliation and processed the 1099 Misc. Forms.

Accomplishments:

Streamlined accounting processes and improved department operations and workflow.

MD ANDERSON, Houston, TX 07/2008-09/2008

Accountant

Researched and corrected errors and reconciled data, including Medicare Payable, Social Security Payable, Federal Taxes, Health insurance, and Dental insurance employee deductions. Processed data by departments and employer Social Security, Medicare, Federal, and State unemployment projects.

Corrected the Accrued Payable Account balance for the past ten months for FY 2008 closing and Audit purposes.

Accomplishments:

Completed contract and received excellent recommendations for job performance in accounting.

WEST OAKS HOSPITAL, Houston, TX 06/2002-04/2008

Accountant

Reconciled G/L Cash Account, G/L A/P Account, and G/L Payroll Account vs. Bank Statement for the previous 10 months for 2002. Researched Accounts Receivable/Payable and Payroll entries to ensure entries posted to these Accounts were accurate.

Accomplishments:

Improved accounting operations by recommending the following changes:

oImproved the journal entry errors.

oTrained team on the importance of daily deposits versus deposits of two or three times a month.

oAvoid affecting the Cash Account with transfers between patient’s accounts.

oConsistently follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Ranked as the #1 Hospital for Collections and management of Bank Reconciliations and balanced fixed assets.

Wrote off money $500K in bad debt.

EDUCATION

Bachelor in business administration, Major: Accounting & Management

Inter American University of Puerto Rico

C.P.A. Review Firm Hato Rey Puerto Rico

Business Administration Association

Introduction to microcomputer

Taxes of Puerto Rico

Student Portfolio Workshop

Professor Portfolio Evaluation

Total Quality of Workshop

TECHNOLOGY

AS400 - R Base - Excel - Quick Book - Ace Pac – Lotus - Quattro - Pro - Microsoft Word, Excel, People Soft - Softrax

HMS - Sage - Peachtree

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